Eraser-holder and pencil attachment.



N0. fi37,950. Patented Feb. I2, I90l. IF. UELKE. ERASER HOLDER ANUPENCIL ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed In. 13, 1

w W m FRANK OELKE, OF DES MOINES, IOYVA.

EHMSER HOLDER AND PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

.SPEGIFIGATTUN forming part of Letters Patent N0. 667,950, datedFebruary 12, 1901.

Application filed March 13, 1900. -3erial No. 31429. (No model.)

To all whom, it away concern:

Be it known. that I, FRANK OELKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Eraser-Holder and Pencil Attachment, of whichthe followingis a specification.

My object is to prevent the annoyances and loss incident to lead-pencilsdropping from a persons vest -pocket and breaking off the point orlosing the pencil and pens falling and striking hard substances anddamaging the pens and also to prevent rubber erasers on the ends ofpencils from becoming dirty and soiling paper upon which they are used.

Heretofore a spirally-grooved ferrule has been fixed to a pencil and arubber eraser fixed in the ferrule to project outward and a tubularopen-ended tube fitted over the eraser to be detachably connected withthe ferrule and eraser. A tubular sheet metal case, closed at one endand open at its other end, has had a rubber eraser extended inwardthrough its open end and a sheet-metal cap fitted over the end of theeraserand the open end of the case to cover and protect the eraser whennot in use; but in no instance has a solid metal head been provided witha bore to adapt it to serve as an eraser-holder and also adapted to bedetachably connected with the open end of a ferrule on the end of a penoil, as contemplated by my invention.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of a heavymetal top with an eraser, a pencil, and a penholder, as hereinafter setforth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a metal top of special form and providedwith a recess adapted for admitting the end of a rubber eraser, the endof a pencil, or penholder to be fixed therein. Fig. 2 shows a tubularextension of the spherical head and a rubber eraser fixed therein insuch a manner that the head is adapted to serve as a holder foradvantageously using the eraser. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of themetal head and eraser-holder. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view ofthe hexagon form. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a ferruleon the end of a pencil and my metal head and eraser detachably connectedwith the ferrule and pencil as required to protect the rubber when notin use and also as required to prevent the pencil from dropping out of apersons pocket or dropping at any time and breaking off thepencil-point. Fig. 6 shows a complete pencil having my metal head anderaser detachably fixed thereto. Fig. 7 shows the metal head applied toa pen-holder.

The letter A designates a metal head that may vary in configuration andstyle of finish as desired. It has a bore B, that is preferablyscrew-threaded and adapted to admit the end of a rubber eraser, the endof a penoil, or a penholder. A rubber eraser C, adapted to have one ofits ends pressed into the bore B, so that its other end will project, asshown in Fig. 2 and as required for practical use, is thus detachablyfixed to the metal head and also adapted to be pressed into the open endof a ferrule or tube D, fixed on the end of a pencil F to serve as asocket for detachably and jointly connecting the metal head and eraserwith the pencil. It is obvious an eraser thus combined with a penoilwill be entirely concealed and protected when not in use. It is alsoobvious that when placed in a persons pocket with the metal headdownward the weight of the head will aid in preventing the pencil fromslipping upward and falling out. It is also obvious that whenever thepencil falls from a persons fingers or elsewhere the heavy metal headwill strike first, and the point will thus be prevented from breaking.It is also obvious that the pencil having a head of larger diameter thanthe body will be less liable to roll off a desk and to fall from anyplace where it is put. It is also obvious that a persons name engravedon the metal head will aid in recovering the pencil when lost.

I am aware rubber erasers have been fitted in the open end of a lightmetal tube; but in no instance has a solid metal head of larger diameterthan a pencil been provided with a single bore adapted to admit one endof a rubber eraser, so the other end of the eraser could be detachablyconnected with a ferrule fixed to the end of a pencil and projectedbeyond the pencil to receive, cover, conceal, and protect that portionof the rubber eraser that extends from the solid, enlarged, and

heavy metal head to which it is fixed, as contemplated by my invention.

Having described my invention and manner of use, its practical utilitywill be readily 5 understood by persons familiar with the use of pencilsand erasers, and

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent therefor,is-- An attachment for pencils consisting of a solid metal head having abore, a rubber Io eraser fitted and fixed in said bore, a tubularferrule adapted to fit a pencil fixed on its end and projected somedistance from the pencil to admit the eraser, for the purposes stated.

' FRANK OELKE. Witnesses:

J. RALPH ORWIG, THOMAS G. OBWIG.

